4. Tag it

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Dont forget to put your name and contact information on your luggage, just in case it ends up some place you do not. Shown: A US Airways worker checks tags on yet-to-be claimed luggage in its baggage claim area at O'Hare International Airport after a series of delays and cancellations caused by bad weather.

Dont forget to put your name and contact information on your luggage, just in case it ends up some place you do not. Shown: A US Airways worker checks tags on yet-to-be claimed luggage in its baggage claim area at O'Hare International Airport after a series of delays and cancellations caused by bad weather. (Tim Boyle, Getty Images)

Dont forget to put your name and contact information on your luggage, just in case it ends up some place you do not. Shown: A US Airways worker checks tags on yet-to-be claimed luggage in its baggage claim area at O'Hare International Airport after a series of delays and cancellations caused by bad weather.